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IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide

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IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide

Overview of this book

Sametime 8.5.2 delivers a state-of-the-art enterprise-ready instant messaging and meeting service. This Administrator's Guide navigates through the range of Sametime server components and features, providing you with the essential information required to install, administer and troubleshoot your Sametime 8.5.2 environment.The IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide cuts through the complexity of architecting, installing, and administering all the moving parts of the latest version of Sametime. With this book, you will be able to make the necessary decisions when it comes to choosing which server components you need and how to install them to get the most performance and maintainability from the software. Starting with an overview of Sametime 8.5.2, you will then dive into each server component. You learn what each one does, why it might be needed in your environment, and what you need to have in place to run it. By the end, you’ll have Sametime running and configured properly for your particular situation.With flexibility comes complexity-- but not with this guide. You’ll learn how different architectures are possible and how to prepare properly for the installation of Sametime. You’ll learn how to install the servers in the right order so that you can maintain and expand your environment in the future. You’ll also find out how best to monitor your Sametime environment for issues, as well as how to effectively troubleshoot those problems so that you can quickly get Sametime running again.The IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide is the perfect one-stop resource for learning important installation and configuration details quickly and easily.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
WebSphere Application Server-Related Resources

What is needed for growth and stability?


Suppose you are considering adding to your existing Sametime server architecture, deploying more features, or perhaps your current Sametime environment is experiencing some load-based issues due to the server sizing being too small. Or what if you now have a requirement for clustering or moving stand-alone servers to virtual machines? Either of these scenarios could occur or you could also be asked to add third-party software to your Sametime environment. We will now examine the following:

  • Testing of existing tools and plugins

  • Clustering

  • Virtualization

Testing of existing tools and plugins

If your environment already has Sametime in place, then it is possible you already have systems on the Sametime server or clients that will need to be tested and validated against the new Sametime 8.5.2 environment. Many third-party tools are written using the published Sametime APIs and these have changed significantly in Sametime 8.5, and again in Sametime 8.5.1. Testing...